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Meal Times:
Your meals are served cafeteria-style in the Day Room.
Meal times are as follows:
Breakfast: 7:45 am - 8:30 am
Lunch: 11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Dinner: 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm
Unit Activities:
Unit activities are designed to help you develop skills in socialization, daily living, use of leisure time, and exploration of community resources.
Groups and activities are a required part of treatment. Individuals who do not attend groups must remain in the lobby area and cannot utilize the time
on the phone, with a walkman, or on craft/knitting projects. Napping in open areas is not permitted.
Personal Belongings:
You are encouraged to keep personal belongings and valuables to a minimum. Two or three changes of easily cared-for clothing, as well as pajamas and a robe, are suggested.
Borrowing or lending clothes and other belongings is not allowed. Please be responsible for your own belongings and, upon discharge, please be responsible for taking your belongings with you.
(Belongings left by patients will be held for 30 days, and we will attempt to contact you if they are left behind).
Valuables:
At the time of admission, you are requested to send all valuables home with family or friends. If this is not possible, these items can be placed in the hospital vault. Such valuables include the following: money or checks in excess of $5, jewelry,
important documents or papers, credit cards and keys.
Sparrow Health System is not responsible for missing personal property not deposited in the hospital vault. We ask that you keep a maximum of $5 on the unit for store purchases, phone calls, etc.
Medications:
Medications should be sent home with family if possible. If this is not possible, they will be stored in the hospital
pharmacy. Your medications are returned to you upon discharge.
Safe Environment:
In order to provide a safe environment for you during your hospitalization, we must restrict items that are potentially harmful or dangerous, such as razors, hair dryers, plastic bags, scissors and
glass items. These items are available from the nursing staff and may be used with supervision. Patients are not permitted in other patients' rooms.
Toiletry Articles:
Shampoo, soap, toothbrush and toothpaste, lotion, and powder are available at the nurses station.
Linens, Bedding, Etc.:
You are asked to make your bed, pick up clothing and belongings, and change linens. Linens are available at all times. You have sufficient free time to take care of your personal laundry needs. A washer, dryer, and iron are available as you need them.
Please ask a staff member or another patient for assistance if needed.
Food and Beverages:
Food and beverages are to be consumed in the Day Room only. Please help to keep public areas tidy by cleaning up after yourself. Food and beverages in other areas (e.g. patient rooms) can quickly spoil resulting in a health hazard. Food and beverages may not be stored in patient rooms.
Smoking:
Sparrow Health System is a "smoke free" facility. Patients and staff are restricted from smoking.
Phone Use:
Three phones are available on the open unit for patient use. There is also a phone available in the ICA for patient use. Patients are requested to make and receive calls between scheduled activities from 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. Calls should be limited to 10 minutes as a courtesy to other community members.
Your therapist can arrange long-distance calls only when necessary.
Patient Phones
Pay Phone: 374.0635
Open Side: 364.7651
ICA: 364.7652
Drugs/Alcohol:
No unauthorized drugs or alcohol are allowed on the unit at any time.
Cameras, Tape Recorders, Etc.:
Cameras and tape recorders are not allowed on the unit to maintain confidentiality. Walkman type radios are allowed on the open side during free time. They are not allowed during groups, activities, or meals.
Visiting Hours:
Visiting hours are Monday through Friday from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on weekends and holidays from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. A staff member must check packages brought to the unit. These measures are necessary at all times to maintain unit safety.
Two visitors per patient are allowed in the ICA area at one time. We request not more than two visitors per patient on the open side unless prior arrangements are made with your treatment team. Physical space is limited. Visitors are not allowed in patients' rooms.
Patients are requested to check with nursing staff and the treatment team before bringing children on the unit. Children under 12 years of age are not allowed on the unit unless previously arranged with treatment team. While on the unit, children must be accompanied by and remain with a visiting adult.
Courtesy:
Please respect the privacy and belongings of other community members. We request you refrain from entering other patients' rooms.
Leaving Unit/Passes:
Passes are issued on an individual basis as ordered by your physician. When leaving the unit, please check with a staff member and sign a pass form before leaving on a pass. On return from pass, please fill out the pass's feedback portion to let your treatment team know the outcome of your pass.
Spiritual Needs:
A chaplain is available at all times, and staff will help contact a minister or other designated representative at your request.
Family and Health Information:
Family planning or health information are available and, upon request, referral assistance to providers of such services. Mental health services do not depend in any way on requesting or not requesting family planning or health information services.
General Rights:
When you receive mental health services, Michigan's Mental Health Code and other laws safeguard your
rights. Staff are responsible to protect your rights when they provide services to you. You are encouraged to ask questions about your treatment
and your rights and to make suggestions that you feel are in your best interest. If you believe your rights have been violated, you should inform
the Rights Officer/Advisor at extension 47605. If you are calling from outside the hospital, you can contact the Rights Officer/Advisor at 517.364.7605.
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